UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CIVE 4349: Construction Planning

and Management

Introduction

Instructor: Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Raheem

1- Construction Industry

• The Owner:

– Public or Private, the party for who the project is

designed and built

• Public:
Public:
– Government
– Municipal entities

• Private:
Private:
– Individual
– Partnership
– Corporation

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• The Architect – Engineer (A/E):

– Party, organization, or firm that designs the project

• Can be part of the owner’

owner’s organization
• Hired by the owner
• The Prime Contractor:

– AKA general contractor, is a firm that is in contract

with the owner to build the project or part of it.

• Have the knowledge and resources to execute different

project activities
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1- Construction Industry – Cont’

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• The Subcontractor:

– A construction firm in contract with the prime

contractor to perform some/whole aspects of the
contractor’
contractor’s work

• There is no contract agreement between the owner and

the subcontractor
• The prime contractor, as part of his contract with the
owner, will be responsible for all the subcontractors’
subcontractors’ work
in the project.

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 2- Construction Categories

1. Residential Housing Construction

2. Institutional & Commercial Building Construction

3. Specialized Industrial Construction

4. Infrastructure and Heavy Construction

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2- Construction Categories – Cont’

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• Residential Housing Construction:

• Single-
Single-family houses, multi-
multi-family dwellings, and high-
high-rise
apartments
• Design: Architect and Engineers
• Build: Contractor and Subcontractors
• Exception: Single-
Single-family houses are usually design-
design-built
contracts
• Residential building affects and is affected by the general
economic conditions

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• Institutional & Commercial Building Construction:

• A great variety of the types and sizes of the project

• Examples: schools & universities, medical clinics &
hospitals, recreational facilities & sports stadiums, retail
chain stores & large shopping centers, warehouses & light
manufacturing plants, skyscrapers for offices, and hotels
• Design:
Design: Specialty Architects and Engineers
• Build:
Build: Specialty General Contractors
• Characteristics:
Characteristics: Sophisticated and High Costs
• Market segment is shared by few competitors

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2- Construction Categories – Cont’

Cont’d

• Specialized Industrial Construction:

• Large scale projects with a high degree of technological

complexity
• Examples: oil refineries, steel mills, chemical processing
plants and coal-
coal-fired or nuclear power plants
• Owner: is very involved in all the details of the project
• Contract Type:
Type: Usually a Design-
Design-Build Contract
• Designer-
Designer-Builder:
Builder: Specialized in a specific category of work
• Type of Bid:
Bid: Negotiated Bidding

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• Infrastructure and Heavy Construction

• Most of these projects are owned by public

• Examples: highways, airports, tunnels, bridges, pipelines,
drainage systems & sewage treatment plants
• Owner: is the public and is very involved in all the details
of the project
• Contract : In some cases is BOT
• Characteristics:
Characteristics: High level of mechanization
• Designer-
Designer-Builder:
Builder: Highly Specialized in a specific category
of work
• Type of Bid:
Bid: Competitive Bidding
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3- The Project

• Definition: “A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken

to create a unique product, services or results.”
results.” (PMBoK, PMI)

• Temporary means:
• Definite beginning and definite end
• The project ends in two cases:
–Project goals are met
–Project goals cannot be achieved

• Temporary does not mean short

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 3- The Project – Cont’
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• Unique means:
• Has not been done before
• What about identical buildings?!!!

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4- Project Management

“Project management is the application of

knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project
activities to meet project requirements. Project
management is accomplished through the
application and integration of the project
management processes of initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.”
(PMBok, PMI)

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 4- Project Management Processes

1. Initiating

2. Planning

3. Executing

4. Monitoring and Controlling

5. Closing

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5- The Project Manager

The project manager (PM) is the person responsible

for accomplishing the project objectives. (PMBok,
PMI)

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 6- Project Management Objectives

• To deliver a project on targeted:

1. Time
Time
2. Cost
3. Quality

Cost Quality

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7- Project Management Knowledge Areas

1. Project Integration Management

2. Project Scope Management
3. Project Time Management
4. Project Cost Management
5. Project Quality Management
6. Project Human Resource Management
7. Project Communication Management
8. Project Risk Management
9. Project Procurement Management
10. Project Stakeholder Management
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1. Project Integration Management:

• Processes required to ensure proper coordination of

various project elements, and that includes:

–Project Plan Development

–Project Plan Execution
–Integration Change Control

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2. Project Scope Management:

• Processes required to ensure that the project encompasses

all the objectives, and that includes:

–Scope Planning
–Scope Definition
–Work Break Down Structure (WBS)
–Scope Verification
–Scope Change Control

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3. Project Time Management:

• Processes required to ensure that the project will end on

time, and that includes:

–Activity Definition
–Activity Sequencing
–Activity Duration Estimation
–Schedule Development
–Time Control

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4. Project Cost Management:

• Processes required to ensure that the project will be

completed within budget, and that includes:

–Cost Estimating
–Cost Budgeting
–Cost Control

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5. Project Quality Management:

• Processes required to ensure that the project will be

executed with the targeted quality, and that includes:

–Quality Planning
–Quality Control (QC)
–Quality Assurance (QA)

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6. Project Human Resource Management:

• Processes required to ensure the most effective use of

people involved in the project, and that includes:

–Human Resource Planning

–Staff Acquisition
–Project Team(s) Development
–Project Team(s) Management

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7. Project Communication Management:

• Processes required to ensure the effective use and

sharing of the project information, and that includes:

– Communication Planning
– Information Distribution
– Performance Reporting

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8. Project Risk Management:

• Processes required to identify, analyze, and respond to

the possible risks involved in the project, and that
includes:

– Risk Management Plan

– Risk Identification
– Qualitative Risk Analysis
– Quantitative Risk Analysis
– Risk Response Planning
– Risk Monitoring and Control
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9. Project Procurement Management:

• Processes required to acquire goods and services from

outside entities for the project purposes, and that
includes:

– Purchases and Acquisition Plan

– Networking
– Bid Preparation
– Bid Selection
– Contracting
– Contract Administration
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10. Project Stakeholder Management:

• Processes required to manage the engagement of the

stakeholders in a given project, and that includes:

– Identify Stakeholders
– Plan Stakeholder Management
– Manage Stakeholder Engagement
– Control Stakeholder Engagement

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